Terminal Operations

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) says the new International Workshop Agreement (IWA 16) is a major step forward in achieving joined up thinking across the whole logistics support chain, including at…

Singapore’s Jurong Port is recycling concrete and using other green construction methods to build what is said to be the world’s first green berths.

A new paper published by the International Transport Forum of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in France, warns that most shipping emissions in ports will grow fourfold by 2050.

Finding ‘greener’ ways to operate a port is one thing – but what about the carbon footprint of the actual construction phase? Felicity Landon reports

New cost effective unmanned vehicles could be perfect for port operations, finds Stevie Knight

As the use of cyber technology spreads worldwide, ports and terminals are at greater risk to economic and commercial damage, according to specialist port insurer TT Club.

Product and technical developments are jumping ahead to match port security profiling demands and requirements.

Complete security packages from the offset can reduce integration headaches down the line, as Alex Hughes explains

Disjointed security solutions in European ports ultimately slow operations down, explains Alex Hughes

Benjamin Franklin may once have claimed that “well done is better than well said”, but good feedback will ensure that word spreads and the customer base widens.

Reducing the environmental import of port development can actually save money.

Some ports might be tempted to characterise cybercrime as an unseen threat, absorbing unlimited costs to fix, with an unquantifiable result.

Ports increasingly need to focus on cyber as well as physical security needs reports Stevie Knight

When it comes to box scanning, although many ports aren’t too fussed by a few minutes wait, some need to consider their ‘peak’ traffic volumes, not just the average flow.

Terminal operators needs to be kept in the loop on scanning decisions, finds Stevie Knight

HFWs George Lamplough welcomes Hong Kongs proposals to legislate burning of high sulphur fuels in port

The Port of Portland has been recognised by the US Environmental Protection Agency as one of its top green power purchasers. The port is purchasing more than 75 million kilowatt hours (kWh)…

Roman Poersch of Wilhelm Borchert argues that over and above the regulations, “the law of unintended consequences” means that some environmental port initiatives could have a life of their own.

Stevie Knight looks at the environmental issues of the US race to deeper ports